Tag Archives: Roy Wilkins Recreation Center

Thursday: Clear. High of 75. Winds from the WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Thursday night: Partly cloudy in the evening, then clear. Low of 61. Winds from the SW at 5 to 10 mph.

EVENT OF THE DAY: Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play

Get up, get out and come play with Nickelodeon! Youth ages 6-14 will be joined by Nickelodeon characters and talent to participate in NYC Shape Up’s Dancercize class. Takes place at the Roy Wilkins Recreation Center (177th Street and Baisley Boulevard) from 4 to 5 p.m. Click here for more info or to submit an event of your own

Parents up in arms over broken bottles, condoms, bags of drugs and bums in Astoria playground

The Astoria Heights Playground is more dumping ground, thanks to bums who leave broken beer bottles, condoms and plastic bags with remnants of cocaine and heroin all over the place. Read more: New York Daily News

Joe Lhota picks new team of rainmakers for New York mayoral campaign

Trailing in the polls — and in campaign cash — Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota is overhauling his fund-raising team with less than seven weeks before Election Day, the Daily News has learned. Read more: New York Daily News

Sources: Aaron Alexis etched messages into shotgun

he gunman in Monday’s Washington Navy Yard massacre left behind two short phrases etched into the side of his shotgun, sources told CBS News Read more: CBS New York/AP

Plan to go ahead for new train cars on Metro-North, LIRR

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday approved a nearly $2 billion contract for new cars on the Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road lines. Read more: CBS New York

Digital kiosks coming to New York City subway stations

There’s a new alternative coming for subway riders who miss having someone in a token booth to answer all their questions. Read more: ABC New York